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How to use JavaScript to stop/pause a vimeo video when it should be inactive My latest project had me coding a product/service walk-through for a TV production firm that potential guests could use to better navigate and comprehend the various segments produced as well as the firm’s production cycle. Since there are various segments produced and then distributed in various …

I’ve been working on another project for my company and came across some code I think is worth sharing. I needed to make a single page website that producers could walk potential guests through to navigate the various segments the company produces for each guest, as well as serve as a reference for potential guests to peruse at the leisure. …

On the custom CRM I built users could originally search for clients or prospects by searching for the company name or the website. When I first created this ability I had two search forms (one for company name and one for website) side by side, along with the ability to view all companies in the database based on the company …

Today’s post is something of a cautionary tale. It’s from a friend of mine who would totally work on a solution for days and then find a much easier and efficient solution that renders all of his work useless right before he writes a post about said now ridiculous solution. Obviously it’s not about me – by reading further you …

All of the companies in my custom CRM have a topic associated with them – these range from “Architecture” to “Outdoor” companies. Several users want to be able to view a list of companies under each category before they begin compiling their own lead list of companies to contact so today we’ll set up an option on our index page …

So I’m creating another application for my portfolio that will be a tracking tool for sales professionals. In several previous positions I’ve been in charge of sales teams or even entire divisions. Part of being a good manager/director is helping the representatives with their cold calls. One of the most basic ways to help sales reps stay productive and profitable …

So for the CRM my company is using I started off with the ability to just create companies and plug in the company name, phone number, topic, and website address. This is perfect for a majority of the users but a few want to be able to create notes for each call they make to a company. So today we’re …

Since we’ve been able to create different user types – now we need to set up different user views for these user types to really take advantage of the function. We’ll create two drop-down menus for our users, one for admins and one for beta users. Depending on their user type they’ll see one or the other, neither, or both. …

As the application administrator I want to be able to view who all has signed up for accounts in my application and the last time they signed in. This view and functionality isn’t built into devise, so we’re going to be coding it ourselves. First step: Adding our Routes so we can add a users index with devise First we’re …

So someone at my office forgot their password for the application I built and tried to reset it. They were greeted with an error. Turns out I should have actually set up the application to send automated emails, so let’s do that now…. We’ll start off by adding an email add-on in Heroku. I chose SendGrid since it will allow me …